Wisconsin Code § 877.42

Estate of deceased heir liable
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The estate of any
heir, devisee, legatee, or next of kin of a decedent who dies before
paying his or her just share of the decedent’s debts is liable for his
or her share of the decedent’s debts, as a personal debt, to the
same extent that he or she would have been liable if living.

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